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A Scottish Ghost Story

October 31, 2018 by editor 2 Comments
Ballantrae is a village on the south-west coast of Scotland. It is in South Ayrshire. Ballantrae is famous as the setting for the novel The...
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Dark Tourism

October 30, 2018 by editor No Comments
If you have ever taken part in a ghostly graveyard tour or visited any haunted houses, you have engaged in a bit of “dark tourism.”...
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Keeping it in the Family

October 27, 2018 by editor No Comments
Seamlessly blending classic and contemporary melodies, Cape Breton’s first and finest musical family the Barra MacNeil’s adhere to the ages-old adage if it ain’t broke,...
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Declan Henry

October 26, 2018 by editor No Comments
Irish writer Declan Henry was born in the town of Ballymote, Co. Sligo, later moving with his parents and brothers to the rural C0. Mayo...
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Rachel Mclagan 

October 25, 2018 by editor No Comments
Like her parents and grandparents, Rachel Mclagan grew up Blairgowrie, Perthshire - one of those iconic, small Scottish towns much-visited by tourists looking to experience...
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Josh Hogg

October 24, 2018 by editor No Comments
Josh Hogg recalls the very day that he was inspired to pick up the bagpipes. “The Benoi High Pipe Band visited my elementary school here...
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Gillian Head

October 23, 2018 by editor No Comments
Four years after the release of her first recording, Spirit, Cape Breton fiddler Gillian Head has launched her follow-up album, Tidal. “I think my playing...
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Crowdie Stuffed Mushrooms

October 21, 2018 by editor No Comments
Since they are not a vegetable, but rather a delectable fungus, mushrooms have a mysterious aura all their own. Mushroom farmers in Japan have an...
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Skerryvore

October 20, 2018 by editor No Comments
Skerryvore has been bringing their unique brand of Celtic fusion to audiences for more than a decade. Recently, the eight-piece group released its sixth studio...
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The Irish Whiskey Trail

October 19, 2018 by editor No Comments
There are nearly as many different types of pubs on Ireland’s Whiskey Trail as there are shades of green on the island, according to Heidi...
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The Glory of Glenfarclas

October 18, 2018 by editor No Comments
Like most of the Scottish distilleries to open in the 18th and 19th centuries, Glenfarclas was a farm before becoming a distillery. Whisky making requires...
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Being Bradley Cooper

October 13, 2018 by editor No Comments
Bradley Cooper is not not happy to be on the press tour for “A Star Is Born,” the movie he specifically, exactingly, meticulously, perfectionistically, obsessively directed, co-wrote...
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Life of Bog

October 12, 2018 by editor 1 Comment
Many Irish emigrants say nothing reminds them of home more than the sweet smell of a turf fire, made with bricks of peat cut from...
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OGHAM

October 11, 2018 by editor No Comments
On a hill above Ballycrovane harbour stands a tall, thin pinnacle of stone, standing over four meters high and clearly visible from the bay, as...
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Celts on Ice

October 9, 2018 by editor No Comments
A dig into the history of the National Hockey League reveals that the NHL's ‘Celtic Era’ came and went anything but quietly. From 1919 to...
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Ghosts of Grosse Île

October 6, 2018 by editor No Comments
Grosse Île, in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence in Quebec, Canada, acted as a quarantine station for Irish people fleeing the Great Hunger between 1845...
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Community of Claddagh

October 4, 2018 by editor No Comments
The Claddagh is a well known Irish symbol but how many people have heard of the Claddagh community in Co. Galway, the home of the...
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